Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 15:51:47 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount madness Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010906155147.010daea8@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <3B97D6BE.4BC44465@gactr.uga.edu> References: <3B97ACED.A8BFE9A8@gactr.uga.edu> <007a01c1370d$3bf04870$0a01a8c0@den2> <20010906155645.C8026@peitho.fxp.org>
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Perhaps go into Win2K and convert the HD from Fat32 to NTFS under Disk Management tools..... then maybe FreeBSD can see it.... At 04:04 PM 9.6.2001 -0400, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: >after much wailing and gnashing of teeth i've figured out >what the problem is. i wasn't doing anything wrong. >the command was fine. > >the damn harddisk that i've been assigned to retrieve data >from is apparently fat32x. i can't mount the bastard period. >no freebsd. no linux. nothing. > >windows 2000 can't even speak fat32x. > >ridiculous. > >any ideas on how to get this thing working? >(other than building up a windwos98 box) > >thanks in advance. > > > >> root@quattro [~]# mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s1 /mnt/fat32 >> msdos: /dev/ad1s1: Invalid argument >> >> >> what the hell am i doing wrong here? > > > > >-- >------------------------------------ >Robin P. Blanchard >IT Program Specialist >Georgia Center for Continuing Ed. >fon: 706.542.2404 fax: 706.542.6546 >email: Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu >------------------------------------ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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